"So , what happened ?" Sam asked .
"Our spirit turned out to be a witch ." Dean took a sip of his coffee .
Sam looked surprised "A witch? A witch ? But how ? I mean -"
"Yeah, I know , that's what we're trying to find out about ."
"Speaking of . Dean I think I found something , there's just one dim point ." Bobby said and took one of his books and showed it to Dean .
"What's that ?" Sam walked to them and looked at the page that they were reading .
"This is fugly . I mean she wasn't pretty , but this , this is disgusting ." Dean wrinkled his nose .
"That's the dim point I was talking about . The creature should look like this , it has all power of a witch , but it's not exactly a witch . They're known as busy thieves and called Spriggans. Legends say different stories about them , usually they caused mischief to those who offended them and sometimes they stole away mortal children, leaving their ugly changelings in their place. At the moment it's my nearest guess ." Bobby defined .
"It makes sense .It even explains its shape . I mean what would happen if it takes a body and the possessed guy dies ? " Dean asked .
Bobby narrowed his eyes ."You're probably right , then the creature would stick in that body ."
Sam looked at Bobby ."What would happen to the human's spirit ? "
"Well , I guess it'd start haunting the town , or something like that ." Bobby answered .
"So it was really a ghost around , but if we want to get rid of that , we should kill this Spriggans first , then we can do the usual salt and burn ." Dean concluded . "So how do we kill it ?"
"Silver , as ever ... " Bobby paused .
"But ?"Dean could clearly hear a but in Bobby's sentence .
"But even silver bullets are not always fatal , the creature will die just if the silver goes through the back of its neck . "Bobby explained and looked at Dean .Dean closed his eyes and sighed .
"What ? hey , would you say it loud ?" Sam got nervous .
Dean opened his eyes and looked at Sam ."We need a bait ... She is smart , we can't kill her unless one of us distract her ."
Sam sighed "Awesome .... So what, Rock-paper-scissors ? "
"What ? No .. You can't be the bait , you already have a concussion , she can easily get rid of you . " Dean frowned .
"Your brother is right , I'll do that ." Bobby volunteered .
Dean rolled his eyes ." I hate when everybody become sacrificial . Sorry Bobby , but you're too old for this ."
"You better watch your mouth son .I'm way faster than you , hell even stronger ."
Dean smothered a chuckle "Bobby .. Who are you kidding ? Here's the plan , I'll distract her , Sam you shoot her with the silver bullet , but, please! Make sure you'll kill that thing at the first shot ."
"And I'll sit here and drink my coffee , great plan ." Bobby muttered .
"Well , while you're resting and drinking coffee , would you please be ready for the salt and burn ? We can't let the angry spirit to find the chance to beat us ."
"Dean , you know it's - "
Dean interrupted Sam "Sam , NO. You weren't up for this in the first place, even before your concussion . We can't risk it ."
Sam knew Dean was right , not just because of the concussion but also his need for demon blood could cause all of them serious problem ." Can I - .. Um... Bobby could you take the shooting part in the plan . I'm afraid I may miss that ."
"Oh , sure son ." Bobby replied quickly .
Dean got worried by Sam's reaction "Sam , are you ok ? Maybe you should rest , we can finish the job ."
"No , no.. I'm fine...( Dean was looking at him suspiciously )... Really Dean , I'm fine . Just like you said , I don't want to risk it , you know ." Sam evaded .
Dean finally nodded and patted him on the shoulder ."Just don't push too hard ." he said and then turned his gaze to Bobby and they continued talking about the Spriggans and the way they should find it . Sam wasn't listening anymore , he was lost in his thoughts , as the only thing he could think about was finding Ruby , he needed her so bad and he knew as much as he wanted to hide this from Dean , he couldn't keep going like this anymore and there was a big chance that he'd do something stupid in front of Dean .
"Hey , geek boy ,are you still with us ? " Dean was almost shouting .
Sam blinked "Huh ? Yes .Why are yelling , I'm not deaf ."
"Well for some seconds I had a good reason to believe you are . We're going to check some places again , are you coming with us ?" Dean grabbed his jacket .
"I don't think it's necessary ." Sam shrugged .' I need to find Ruby , first .' he thought .
"Alright then . See you later ? "
"Yeah ... Take care ."
"We're not gonna hunt that thing now , you know. And , don't do anything stupid , by the way ." Dean smirked .
"Shut up ." Sam grumbled as Dean left the room with Bobby .
...
Around 4 p.m. Sam was sitting on his bed , struggling with the lack of demon blood in his system and swearing at Ruby , who got disappeared without any words .He took some Tylenol and closed his eyes . He didn't know when he fell asleep , but when Dean and Bobby stepped inside the room , it was getting dark outside .
"I'm telling you, man , he's not himself , there's something wrong with him ."Dean said to Bobby in a low voice as he closed the door, and then called Sam ."Seriously Sam ? You slept all the day ?! What's wrong with you man ?"Dean asked with raised eyebrow .
Sam opened his eyes ."Huh ? I got bored, I guess . I just fell asleep ."
"Well , that's what happen when you sit on a bed and do nothing ." Bobby said and passed him a pizza "I don't think you had lunch , either ."
Sam opened up the pizza box and immediately forgot that Bobby's words were annoying him."Ah , thanks . I'm starving . So , did you find anything ? What took so long ? "
"We think we know where to look for that bastard ." Dean paused " By following its steps , we found out that it's gonna be in the house near that big farm out of the town .You remember the farm , right ? The one that - "
"Yeah , Dean . I remember the hot girl ."Sam took a bite of his pizza ." She was riding a black horse . She answered all of your questions gently , and even gave you her number . Umm… What was her name ? Mandy ? Wandy ? "
"Dude , Wandy was your first date . Her name was Claire . " Dean grinned .
A bit of pizza got caught in Sam's throat and he started coughing " How ..( coughing ).. How do you ..( coughing ).. know about Wandy ?"
Dean passed him some water and smirked." You can't hide something like that . "
"I hate to break it to you, boys , but we don't have much time here . If you really wanna finish this job tonight , you better get ready ."Bobby interrupted .
"Yep , back on point ." Dean said ." Apparently the old woman in that house is gonna be the next victim . We need to send her out of that house tonight . So whenever you're ready Sammy . "
"How are you gonna do that ? I mean , sending the old lady out." Sam asked .
"Well , Bobby has an idea ." Dean grinned .
"Hey , It wasn't my idea ." Bobby grumbled .
"You were the one who said Sam has free time for this ." Dean shrugged .
"But you were the one who said he knows how to make out with old ladies !" Bobby said back .
Sam looked at them for some seconds and suddenly jumped from his bed ."What ? Whoa , whoa , whoa ... Hold up .. Me ? Noway . I can't do that . Find another way ."
"O, Come on Sammy , it's the only way . Bobby has a point, we will be busy with that bitch . It's you or nobody. Besides , Ms. Case loved you . You remember your date , right ? You're the best . " Dean smirked .
"I'll kill you Dean ."Sam growled ." You're never gonna let me live this one down , are you ? I wasn't there willingly , you made me do that ,and I'll kill you for that one , too . "
"Yeah , if it's your story . " Dean teased ." Secondly, who do you think was worse ? Bela or Ms. Case ? I had to spend my night with that bitch .. You Just don't go too far . you know ."he grinned .
"You say another word , and I'll make sure you'll sleep with her tonight ."Sam threatened .
"In your dreams , bro ." Dean laughed .
Bobby put his hands on their shoulders and pushed them to their stuffs ."Guys. Later ,OK ? Later ."
................ TBC ................